Sweat-pad for cart-saddles



(No Model.) l

A. L. MAGLAGHLAN.

SWEAT PAD POR CART SADDLES.

No. 302,575. Patented July 29, 1884.

INVNTUR WITNEEEZ ,u M

UNITED STATES 'Partnr irren SWEAT-PAD FOR CART-SADDLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.302,575, dated July 29, 1884.

Application tiled April 2G, 1884. (No model.)

1() all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW L. MAeLilen- LAN, of Melrose, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and nselul Improvement in Sweat-Pads for Tip-0art Saddles, of which the following is a specification.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts, Figure l is an elevation of a tip-cart saddle with my sweat-pads appliedthereto, one of thein being shown in elevation and the other in cross-section. Eig. 2 is a plan View of my sweat-pad spread out. Fig. 3 is a view in perspeotive of the saine drawn into position for use.

A represents an ordinary tip-cart saddle, provided with the usual pads,B. These pads are ordinarily constructed of hair covered with some fabric, and are intended to rest upon the horses back. In practice they soon become hard and lumpy, and irritate the animal, creating` sores, especially when he perspires freely. In order to remedy this difficulty I have provided the sweat-pad C, made of felt or other soft fabric and of the shape shown in Eig. 2-that is to say, substantially rectangularwith notches C cut out of its corners, whereby it may be drawn upinto the shape shown in Fig. 3 by means of astrap, D, which lpasses in and out-.through suitable openings, E, near the edge of the fabric. The shape shown in Fig. 3 is that assumed when the sweat-pad is in position on the pad B,.,and by ilrawing` the strap tightly and buckling it it is held firmly in place. rlhis sweat-pad, being,` soft and drawn taut, cannot irritate the back of the horse nor beeonie lumpy or wrinkled. It can be readily removed and rcversed, cleansed, or dried, the desirability of which is evident, especially in warm weather.

In oase the pads B have become Worn and dilapidated, the application of my sweat-pad will enable the former to be used much longer than could have been the ease ii" the bare pads B wereobliged to rest on the horses back. l

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The herein-described sweat-pad,for application to the pads of tip-cart saddles,the same consisting, essentially, of the piece of felting or other suitable material, (l, notched at C', and provided with the openings ,E and strap D, whereby it may be drawn into the shape shown for the purpose of covering the saddle-pa-d, substantially as and .for the purpose set forth.

ANDREV L. VitnesSes:

HENRY W. WILLIAMS, J. M. HARTNETT.

MAeLAeHLAiv. 

